Pedal Power: 5 Best Bike Paths In Virginia Beach

If you like to bike where there’s lively crowds and plenty of beachgoers, head straight on over to the Virginia Beach Boardwalk. A bike path runs alongside the 28 meter-wide main boardwalk, meaning cyclists get all the great views and atmosphere of the boardwalk, without having to worry about meandering pedestrians! Virgina Beach Boardwalk is where you’ll find the largest collection of rental bike vendors in one single place, all running perpendicular to the beach and sparkling blue Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most popular bike trails in the state, despite being only 3 miles along, due to its ideal terrain and fun-filled locality. The things you’ll see along the way more than makes up for the short distance – there’s plenty of shops, restaurants, musical entertainment and King Neptune, the twenty-four foot, twelve-ton bronze statue that stands at the gateway to Neptune Festival Park.

For a biking experience that is more like a wild safari outdoor adventure, head to False Cape State Park. It rests just over four miles from Virginia Beach and can only be accessed by biking, kayaking, or taking a shuttle. Its abundance of hiking trails run along the soft, finely milled sand of the shoreline, so mountain bikes are most suitable for this terrain. False Cape is one of handful of places in the state of Virginia where you’ll find animals like snakes, turtles, sea rays, dolphins, and deer. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (VA) | © U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region/Flickr